Ice rug



Dec. 18, 1928. 1,695,709

F. H. FIELD ICE RUG Filed Sept. 26, 1.927

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FRANK H. FIELD, OF JAMESTOWN,- NEW i ICE BUG.

Application filedSeptembei' 26, 1927. Serial No. 221,905.

This invention relates to an improvement in ice rugs and more, particularly to. one

adapted to be used in vending ice. In its preferred embodiment this invention is a type of rug or protector to be carried upon the shoulder fofa person vending ice,"

whereby such person isprotected from'the cold and-Wet while carrying the ice.

A further use to which it is ut is for the ice vender to spread the rug efore an ice of ice'from being dropped and left upon'the floor where they will melt and cause considerable inconvenience to the purchaser or the ice. 1 j V V V v :To fully explainthe advantagesof this inthe present day practice ofprotecting or failing to protect an ice vender. When the vend er leaves his wagon with a piece of ice uponhis shoulder he at best has scant pro tection from the wet of the'melting ice, or from the sharp edges thereof. .When'the vender reaches the ice box it is invariably I necessary for him to lay the cake of ice upon the floor, open thedo'or of the ice compartment, and removeallfood stuffs and small pieces of ice. The fresh piece of ice is'then.

placed within the compartment and, as is often the case, there is scant room for the small piece or pieces ofIice which were previously within the". compartment. These pieces must be chipped or broken up in order to be placed therein and whenthe workof filling'the ice boxis completed, many such pieces of ice remain upon the floor-and melt causing a great deal of wet and nconvenience.

It is applicants endeavor to provide an ice rug which may be used to protect thevender of ice from aninhuman daily wetting and also to prevent an unnecessary accumula 'tion of ice chips and water when'an ice box is being filled.

An object of this invention istto provide an ice rug which, being placed upon thevenders shoulder, will catchall the water dripping from the ice and protect him therefrom.

Another object of this invention is to provide an ice rug which,-being laid before an ice box, will receive all the chips of ice incident to filling the ice box in order that they may be readily removed. t

Other objects of this invention will appear fronia consideration of the following speci-v fication taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and in which ,F'g. 1 is a general view, of one form of thi invention in use upon the shoulder of an ice vender;

Fig. 2. is an enlarged plan view'of the ice rug;

i Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view of the base ofthe rug showing a slight modification n forming the trough Fig. 4 is asectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Flg. 2, illustrating the manner of se-- curing the rails to the rug; and

;Fig. 5' is a sectionalview taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2, illustrating the manner of securing the trough to'therug.

Referring to the drawing and more particularly to Fig. 2 thisinvention is general- I ly indicated by the reference numeral 10 and, comprises a body portion 11, rails 12, and

trough"13.- The body portion 11 is made of any strong Waterproof material such as can-v vas. In its preferred form the material used is heavy canvas being thoroughly water proofed.

The rails 12are formed a seam or binding portion llturned over a flexible m'aterial' 15. The material f15 may be made of any flexible material such as rubber, rope, etc, and in the present embodiment is shown as rope. The rope 15 is secured at oneend to the rug adjacent one end of the trough'13 and extends continuously around said rug to the other side of the trough. The looped' por i tion 16 of the rope 15 is free and clear-0f the body of the rug 1 1,"said rug being cut away at this point. By means of the loop 16 the rug may be grasped and held upon the shoul der of ,the ice ven der or may be'hung up thereby when notin use. A double row of stitching 18 'along'th'e seam 14c secures the rope 15 within said seam and prevents it from possible withdrawal from the body 11 of the rug.

and forms a lining therefor as. isyc'learly The lower end ofthe. rug 19 j is secured to the inner face of the trough, 13

shown in Fig. 5 of the drawing. The trough 13 comprises a metal strip substantially U shaped, the frontedge of which terminates in an inwardly turned flange 20.. As is shown in Fig. 2, the trough 13 is slightly narrower in width than the rug .10

within the compartment.

and is adapted to engage and be secured to the body portion 11 of the rug betweenthe rails 12 by means of rivets 22 which pass through both front and rear walls of the trough and the end 19 of the rug. Inasmuch as the body of the rug completely lines the trough 13, being secured thereto along its sides by rivets 22 and at its end 21 by means of the flange 20', there is no possibility of water escaping therefrdin.

lnorder to facilitatethe positioning of this rugupon the" shoulder o ayender, a leatherst'rap 24 is" secured thereto by rivets 25 upon the underface of the body portion 11. By means of this strap, the rugmay be' ea;- ri'e d upon the 'slieulde r 'without grasping it and holding it by the loop 16. a

I Fig; 3 is shown a slight madman-ea t the manner of securing the trough 13 to the body 11 of the I'll Inj'this instance the treugh 13 is positioiied upon ancl'ovet the end of the rug in a similar manner to that shown Fig Ho ever; a fhrthfl'fstr'ip 26 of the material used in the rugfi'ncases the metal trough ama holdsfit i position by means of thes'titehiri 27 which continues completely around 'sai edges of the trough.

In this showing the trough not only has a linof waterproof i naterial but also hasjan outside eoyei' therefor, rhemay differ nce between thi s construction aha that shown in Fig. 2 is that this embodiment the iiietal trough 3 is enclosed and securedfsolely by nieaneo the stitching whereas in Fi 2 rivets seciirethetrough toithe body 11 of he ag.

en" in use this riig' is slung over the shoulder of the ice vender and is adapted to receive a cake of ice thereon. As the ice melts the water 'theref roi n ru'ns down the bod portion 1 1of the rug between the rails 12't ence iiito the'trdu hi3. The 've'n'der is entirely pro ected from the wet aiid cold of the ice at al times due to the useof the rug. As he carries the iceinto a biiildmg the drippings of water therefrom will not be scattered promiscuously in a sort of trail from the door of the buildingto the (100% of the ice box due to the fact that the trough catches and retains all sueh water. a y e V a When the venderhas reached the ice box he remov s the cake of; ice fromhis shoulder and layst ie rug down upon the floor in front of the ice bozi and places the cake of ice thereon. a e now has both hands free to open the ice box, remove all food and pieces of ice from within and may place the cake of ice It is usually at this point inthe process of filling an ice box that the general muss of ice box filling oceiirs. A large cake of ice has been plaeed in the compertinent. 'As a rule, he has no choice butto do this chipping on the fioorlbut with the hie of ice rug chippiitg and breaking up 0 the ice may be done without the necessity of any muss whatsoever, since the chips of ice and the water dripping therefrom are upon the ice rug. The process of filling the compai'tfiieht halviiig been chili let'edfihe ice Vender'r'nay grasp the rug by he loop or handle portion 16 and all the chips and water will run downthe faceo'f the rug into the trough 13. The rug may then be carried out of the building leavin no disorder in front of the ice box nor on the way out, and may be emptied dutof'dooi's at the'will of the vender.

rails fdiiried' mm a flea blehnate an en:

closed warm fliesetiins a we they brtion,

the iippei" endof said flail forminga so by which a gi-aa saia 'ru''ahda treaga air "air along the lowered e of said rug, said trliug'h ber formed by oufblifig back; upon itself the lower eitd ofsai d 'hodyportion anaa metal stri gem-lea feta age'said trough and havingmeims byflwliich to seal the vertical edges of said gpoi ti'dfi and said .iiietal strip whereby said fbiigh ma receive and retain water caused by t ie nieltiiig of a cake 0 ice.

2. An ice rug cohiprisiiiga body' "portion, seams 'teriiiiiiatihg' the ldn itutliiial edges of said bod portion, rails formed from ailexibl'iiiatelfial eneasedwithin the seams'of said body portion; the i1 perend of said flexible material extending 1 ieyond "the upper IidOf te bddypoi'tion"forming aioap ywhieh to grasp said rii r' and a trough terminating the lower edge of said rug, said trough being formed b doubling baek 'ilpohfitself the lower en of said body portion, the edges of s'aid trough being unitedf'with said body portion whereby said though ma receive and retain water caused by the melting of a c'akeof ice. r e a e 3. Anice riig comprising a body portion, seam termiilating the lbngitudinaledg'es of said body par-am, rails formed from a flexig ble material elicase'd within the seams of said body portion, the 11 per end of said flexible material extending 'eydrid the uppenendof said body por ion foifining a loop by "whih to grasp said rug and ati'ougliterminating the lower edge of said ru'g,said trough being formed by doublin back upon itself the lower end of said body portion, the edges of said trough beinguhite'd with said body portion and means retaining said trough in a position such that water causedby melting iceinay flow downwardly upon said body portion and into said trough, said means ,being fiddpted toepfefinfinadvrtnt col-1 of said tmugh when containing 'lapsmg water; 7 e V I kyAnice, rug comprising'a: body portion;

5- a U shaped metaljtrou'gh closed at its vertical endgterminatingthe end of said body H portion and being aligned thereby, and rails encased Within the seams of the vertical edges rug.'

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of said body Mien,- said mils extehdih'g 1 from belowthe edge of said trough upwardly 10 a beyondjthe upper end of said body' portion r and forming a 10 0p b which t0 graspstiCl; 4

In test imonj 'fvhereof haife afl ilx'ed 9 FRANK H. F LD; 

